Remember last November, when Ohio voters decided that they didn't like the gays? The amendment to the Ohio Constitution prohibiting gay marriage went beyond mere marriage and said that state entities could not confer marriage-like status upon people who were not married. Gays could not get married, and therefore, they could not receive marriage-like benefits.

The summer before that November, Miami University's Board of Trustees voted to allow "domestic partners" to receive the same benefits as spouses. Onlookers suggested that, due to the wording of the Ohio constitutional amendment, such benefits could be interpreted as "approximat[ing] the design, qualities, significance or effect of marriage." And we waited for someone to sue.

Well, wait no more! Ohio state representative Tom Brinkman, Jr. has filed suit against Miami University, "claiming its same-sex partnership policy violates an Ohio constitutional ban on civil unions that went into effect a year ago." Brinkman is also the father of two Miami University students.

Miami, to its credit, claims that it will not rescind domestic partner benefits, so it isn't scared by the prospect of a lawsuit. That's good, even for a university as conservative as Miami.

For attempting to take away the rights of an entire class of people, Tom Brinkman, Jr. is a SEDHE Villain of the Forever.